Learning Curve
by Jeff Young
Latest episode
AI Giants Bet That Education Is About to Change
AI Giants Bet That Education Is About to Change
About this podcast
What does it mean to teach and learn in the age of generative AI? Join host Jeff Young as he talks with educators, tech leaders and students, aiming to cut through the hype and inform a conversation about how education can adapt to AI — and about what kinds of learning need protecting amid the AI gold rush.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 35 episodes
- AI Giants Bet That Education Is About to Change · 1 h 4 min · Season 2 Episode 5Many colleges and high schools are buying AI tools for their students, even as they strain to prevent harms to learning caused by these same tools. For this episode of Learning…
- When AI Acts Like an Oracle, Where Does College Fit? · 59 min · Season 2 Episode 4When you use an AI chatbot, you’re relying on a system that’s based on prediction, constantly making little educated guesses based on all the knowledge that has been fed into…
- How NYU Is Rethinking Its Approach to AI · 1 h 5 min · Season 2 Episode 3Clay Shirky leads AI efforts at New York University, and in recent months he’s had faculty approach him with a complaint: The advice he gave them on how to teach with AI wasn’t…
- Why the Gates Foundation Is Betting on AI in Education · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 2The Gates Foundation recently pledged $1 billion over two years for AI efforts, with a large share going to education. Why the big AI push, even as Bill Gates warns of the…
- Inside the MIT Report on How AI Is Eroding Campus Culture · 42 min · Season 2 Episode 1MIT has long been known for its quirky student culture, where collaborating on problem sets is a frequent form of socializing. But a new internal report warns that AI is changing…
- 3 Key Tensions Facing Colleges in the AI Era · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 29For the Season 1 finale, Jeff checks in with a mix of professors and students he interviewed over the podcast’s first year. And he identified three key tensions that colleges…
- Are Liberal Arts Colleges Winning in the AI Era? (rebroadcast) · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 28The liberal arts are having a moment these days. As AI tools are automating knowledge work, there’s a growing sense that the best way to get a job now is to have skills that…
- How to Prepare Students For a World of AI Co-Workers (rebroadcast) · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 27As companies start to replace employees with AI agents, how are human workers adjusting? For this episode Jeff connected with Evan Ratliff, who created what he calls “the world’s…
- Can You Actually Detect AI Cheating? · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 26Nearly four years after the release of ChatGPT, colleges are still struggling to contend with AI cheating. What have teaching experts learned? Will AI lead to an arms race of…
- Is AI Boosting Creativity, or Stifling It? · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 25Proponents of new AI tools say they will unleash human creativity. But some artists worry that the tools will flatten creative output. For this episode, Jeff interviews two…
- What If a College Helped a Whole City Adopt AI? · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 24Colleges around the country are starting to teach their students and faculty AI literacy, and guide them to ethical and productive uses of AI. What if the campuses worked to…
- How Is AI Changing College Admissions? · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 23AI has quickly changed college admissions. Students turn to bots to help write their essays, making it harder for admissions folks to get a sense of a student’s voice and…
- Tough Lessons College ‘AI Czars’ Have Learned · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 22A growing number of colleges are hiring Chief AI Officers to try to help set a strategy for adapting to generative AI. These ‘AI czars,’ as they are often called, are in a unique…
- The AI Optimist Researching ‘Cognitive Surrender’ · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 21A new research study has gone viral for warning of the dangers of “cognitive surrender,” when people blindly adopt AI results. Jeff talked to the study’s co-author, Steven Shaw…
- Are Liberal Arts Colleges Winning in the AI Era? · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 20The liberal arts are having a moment these days. As AI tools are automating knowledge work, there’s a growing sense that the best way to get a job now is to have skills that…
- How Colleges Can Safeguard Democracy in an AI Era · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 19It’s a pivotal time for democracy because of the rise of AI. What role should colleges play? For this episode Jeff headed to Washington, DC to sit down with Mark Fisher, the…
- A Tale of Two AI Design Projects · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 18For this episode we hear the story of two design projects at colleges that involved AI — one that led to celebration, and another that sparked controversy. These two situations…
- How to Prepare Students For a World of AI Co-Workers · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 17As companies start to replace employees with AI agents, how are human workers adjusting? For this episode Jeff connected with Evan Ratliff, who created what he calls “the world’s…
- The Case for Memorization in the AI Era · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 16Competitive memory athlete Nelson Dellis has won multiple national championships, and he’s used AI to help him train for competitions. But as he turned to chatbots more and more…
- What Do Self-Driving Cars Teach Us About AI in Education? · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 15Driverless cars have been *just* about to arrive – for more than a decade now. Yet most teenagers today still take driving lessons. Still, some wonder whether we’re heading to a…
